Jersey Shore beach towns should provide more bathrooms, poll says

Andrew Mills/The Star-LedgerA large crowd on the beach in Belmar earlier this month. Eighty-three percent of people polled said Jersey Shore towns should provide more bathrooms for beachgoers.

If you want them to come, you've gotta let them go.

A new Quinnipiac Poll finds most visitors to the Jersey Shore wish it had more bathrooms. By a margin of 83-15 percent, New Jerseyans think the state should require towns to provide restrooms at the beach.

The state is rewriting its beach access rules. State environmental protection commissioner Bob Martin tells The Associated Press that accessing the beach is a fundamental right of all residents. His department is letting individual towns craft their own access policies rather than dictating a one-size-fits-all approach.